About Us
We are a not-for-profit community Nursery. Our purpose is to protect and restore the ecological values of south-east Queensland habitats by returning locally indigenous plants to the landscape.
We aim to achieve this through:
- Growing, selling and promoting the use of indigenous plant species for every situation, from large-scale revegetation projects to home gardens
- Encouraging community awareness and appreciation of the importance of native plants in the environment
- Promoting the use of locally native plants in place of exotic species
- Providing volunteering and educational opportunities for individuals to develop skills in identifying, selecting and growing native plants
We believe that habitat restoration is possible and necessary at all levels. From rural to residential, the change and difference can be made literally in our own back yards.
Paten Park Native Nursery
Paten Park Native Nursery is a not-for-profit community driven native plants nursery in The Gap, Brisbane. Driven by the love of native plants, we've been helping both local individuals and groups to give some love to our often neglected native species.
ORCHID SHOW
Spring is in the air and so is the delicate scent of spectacular King Orchids (Dendrobium speciosum) now blooming at Paten Park Native Nursery and around SE Queensland.
This beautiful, showy orchid (as the Latin word “speciosus” describes) is relatively easy to grow on tree trunks or rocks in tropical to temperate climates along Australia’s east coast from NE Qld to SE Victoria.
It can also be grown in pots with coarse, free-draining orchid mix but may need frequent repotting as it grows so large.
This orchid grows in part shade under tree canopies but needs some sunlight to flower well.
It feeds on nutrients from decomposing leaf litter which accumulates around its root system.
Its spectacular clusters of flowers grow on long stems (racemes) bearing up to 200 white or cream-yellow flowers.
These are pollinated by native stingless Sugarbag Bees (Tetragonula carbonaria).
Six regional subspecies of D. speciosum have been identified as endemic to specific areas.
These include the Pale King Orchid (D. speciosum var. hillii), occurring between Maleny and the NSW Central Coast.
Other Spring-flowering orchids include Pink Rock Orchids (D. kingianum subsp. kingianum) which grow in large colonies on rocks or cliff faces such as these in Lamington National Park.
Swamp Orchids (Phaius australis) are large, endangered terrestrial orchids now more often found in Melaleuca swamps on Moreton Bay islands rather than on the mainland.
Their attractive pleated leaves reach up to 2m long.
The cream and pink, maroon or brick red flowers stand out on erect flower spikes up to 1.7m tall.
The Yellow Swamp Orchid (P. bernaysii) is another endangered terrestrial orchid with fragrant yellow and white flowers on spikes up to 1.7m tall.
This one is also found in swampy areas on Moreton Bay islands and flowers in spring-summer.
See PPNN on Instagram @paten_park_native_nursery
NOTE: This is now our Instagram address!
Save Our Waterways Now
@saveourwaterwaysnow
Balaangala Community Group
The Gap 4061
The Gap Sustainability Initiative Inc.
Wild in The Gap
Brisbane City Life
Brisbane Kids
Brisbane Catchments Network
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland
Native Plants Queensland
@Brisbanebotanicgardensfriends
The Western Echo
Brisbane Edible Gardening
Queensland Environment
The Queensland Naturalists' Club Inc
National Parks Association of Queensland
@naturepositiveliving
QUT Landscape Architecture Society
@qut.las
Queensland Orchid Society Official Facebook Group
Spring is in the air and so is the delicate scent of spectacular King Orchids (Dendrobium speciosum) now blooming at Paten Park Native Nursery and around SE Queensland.
This beautiful, showy orchid (as the Latin word “speciosus” describes) is relatively easy to grow on tree trunks or rocks in tropical to temperate climates along Australia’s east coast from NE Qld to SE Victoria.
It can also be grown in pots with coarse, free-draining orchid mix but may need frequent repotting as it grows so large.
This orchid grows in part shade under tree canopies but needs some sunlight to flower well.
It feeds on nutrients from decomposing leaf litter which accumulates around its root system.
Its spectacular clusters of flowers grow on long stems (racemes) bearing up to 200 white or cream-yellow flowers.
These are pollinated by native stingless Sugarbag Bees (Tetragonula carbonaria).
Six regional subspecies of D. speciosum have been identified as endemic to specific areas.
These include the Pale King Orchid (D. speciosum var. hillii), occurring between Maleny and the NSW Central Coast.
Other Spring-flowering orchids include Pink Rock Orchids (D. kingianum subsp. kingianum) which grow in large colonies on rocks or cliff faces such as these in Lamington National Park.
Swamp Orchids (Phaius australis) are large, endangered terrestrial orchids now more often found in Melaleuca swamps on Moreton Bay islands rather than on the mainland.
Their attractive pleated leaves reach up to 2m long.
The cream and pink, maroon or brick red flowers stand out on erect flower spikes up to 1.7m tall.
The Yellow Swamp Orchid (P. bernaysii) is another endangered terrestrial orchid with fragrant yellow and white flowers on spikes up to 1.7m tall.
This one is also found in swampy areas on Moreton Bay islands and flowers in spring-summer.
See PPNN on Instagram @paten_park_native_nursery
NOTE: This is now our Instagram address!
Save Our Waterways Now
@saveourwaterwaysnow
Balaangala Community Group
The Gap 4061
The Gap Sustainability Initiative Inc.
Wild in The Gap
Brisbane City Life
Brisbane Kids
Brisbane Catchments Network
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland
Native Plants Queensland
@Brisbanebotanicgardensfriends
The Western Echo
Brisbane Edible Gardening
Queensland Environment
The Queensland Naturalists' Club Inc
National Parks Association of Queensland
@naturepositiveliving
QUT Landscape Architecture Society
@qut.las
Queensland Orchid Society Official Facebook Group
FATHER’S DAY GIFTS 🎁🪴💁
Stuck for Father’s Day gift ideas?
Call in to Paten Park Native Nursery for gifts that will keep on giving for years to come.
🌳🦋We have a range of beautiful native trees in large pots that are easy-care and ideal as feature trees that will attract birds and butterflies to your garden.
🪴Some can also be grown as container plants to liven up outdoor living spaces or barbecue areas.
The popular landscaping feature tree, the Queensland Bottle Tree, can even be grown indoors or as a bonsai plant.
🎋While you’re at PPNN, check out our range of native edibles including fragrant Mint Bushes (Prostanthera spp.), Sweet Fig (Ficus opposita), Native Tamarind (Diploglottis australis), Native Guava or Bolwarra (Eupomatia laurina), Lime Berry (Micromelum minutum) and Ooray (Davidsonia pruriens), with large blue plum-like fruit ideal for making jams, sauces or wines.
💦We also have lovely native groundcovers,
pond/poolside plants,
Lilly Pillies and other native trees, and
feature plants suitable for rockeries such as the Giant Spear Lily (Doryanthes palmeri).
🌿Eumundi Quandong (Elaeocarpus eumundi)
This low maintenance, disease resistant narrow tree has glossy foliage with eye-catching bronze new leaves.
Elegant conical shape, can be pruned as a hedge.
White, fragrant bell-like flowers and blue fruit that bring in the birds.
🌸Elaeocarpus reticulatus cv. ‘Prima Donna’
This beautiful small rainforest tree produces masses of pink, fringed, bell-shaped flowers in Spring, followed by edible blue fruit.
It attracts birds and butterflies, can be pruned, makes a good screen or feature plant and can be grown in coastal areas.
Qld Bottle Tree (Brachychiton rupestris)
Standout feature tree with shimmering, fine foliage and bulbous, water-storing trunk which develops its bottle-like shape after 5-7 years.
Can be grown in pots indoors or as bonsai.
🫖Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora)
This delightful tree has lemon-scented leaves that can be used to make tea or flavour cakes, cordials or biscuits.
Clusters of white flowers in Spring-Summer attract birds and butterflies.
It’s good for narrow area and fence plantings, grows in full or filtered sun and tolerates clay.
It can also be grown as a container plant for outdoor living spaces.
🥀Giant Spear Lily (Doryanthes palmeri)
A standout feature of this large sculptural lily is its flower stalk which reaches up to 5m tall and bears up to 350 vivid red flowers.
It attracts birds, bees and butterflies, grows in full or filtered sun and is ideal as a feature plant in gardens, rockeries or on steep slopes.
See PPNN on Instagram @paten_park_native_nursery
NOTE: This is now our Instagram address!
Save Our Waterways Now
@saveourwaterwaysnow
Balaangala Community Group
The Gap 4061
The Gap Sustainability Initiative Inc.
Wild in The Gap
Brisbane City Life
Brisbane Kids
Brisbane Catchments Network
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland
Native Plants Queensland
@Brisbanebotanicgardensfriends
The Western Echo
Brisbane Edible Gardening
Queensland Environment
The Queensland Naturalists' Club Inc
National Parks Association of Queensland
@naturepositiveliving
QUT Landscape Architecture Society
@qut.las
Stuck for Father’s Day gift ideas?
Call in to Paten Park Native Nursery for gifts that will keep on giving for years to come.
🌳🦋We have a range of beautiful native trees in large pots that are easy-care and ideal as feature trees that will attract birds and butterflies to your garden.
🪴Some can also be grown as container plants to liven up outdoor living spaces or barbecue areas.
The popular landscaping feature tree, the Queensland Bottle Tree, can even be grown indoors or as a bonsai plant.
🎋While you’re at PPNN, check out our range of native edibles including fragrant Mint Bushes (Prostanthera spp.), Sweet Fig (Ficus opposita), Native Tamarind (Diploglottis australis), Native Guava or Bolwarra (Eupomatia laurina), Lime Berry (Micromelum minutum) and Ooray (Davidsonia pruriens), with large blue plum-like fruit ideal for making jams, sauces or wines.
💦We also have lovely native groundcovers,
pond/poolside plants,
Lilly Pillies and other native trees, and
feature plants suitable for rockeries such as the Giant Spear Lily (Doryanthes palmeri).
🌿Eumundi Quandong (Elaeocarpus eumundi)
This low maintenance, disease resistant narrow tree has glossy foliage with eye-catching bronze new leaves.
Elegant conical shape, can be pruned as a hedge.
White, fragrant bell-like flowers and blue fruit that bring in the birds.
🌸Elaeocarpus reticulatus cv. ‘Prima Donna’
This beautiful small rainforest tree produces masses of pink, fringed, bell-shaped flowers in Spring, followed by edible blue fruit.
It attracts birds and butterflies, can be pruned, makes a good screen or feature plant and can be grown in coastal areas.
Qld Bottle Tree (Brachychiton rupestris)
Standout feature tree with shimmering, fine foliage and bulbous, water-storing trunk which develops its bottle-like shape after 5-7 years.
Can be grown in pots indoors or as bonsai.
🫖Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora)
This delightful tree has lemon-scented leaves that can be used to make tea or flavour cakes, cordials or biscuits.
Clusters of white flowers in Spring-Summer attract birds and butterflies.
It’s good for narrow area and fence plantings, grows in full or filtered sun and tolerates clay.
It can also be grown as a container plant for outdoor living spaces.
🥀Giant Spear Lily (Doryanthes palmeri)
A standout feature of this large sculptural lily is its flower stalk which reaches up to 5m tall and bears up to 350 vivid red flowers.
It attracts birds, bees and butterflies, grows in full or filtered sun and is ideal as a feature plant in gardens, rockeries or on steep slopes.
See PPNN on Instagram @paten_park_native_nursery
NOTE: This is now our Instagram address!
Save Our Waterways Now
@saveourwaterwaysnow
Balaangala Community Group
The Gap 4061
The Gap Sustainability Initiative Inc.
Wild in The Gap
Brisbane City Life
Brisbane Kids
Brisbane Catchments Network
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland
Native Plants Queensland
@Brisbanebotanicgardensfriends
The Western Echo
Brisbane Edible Gardening
Queensland Environment
The Queensland Naturalists' Club Inc
National Parks Association of Queensland
@naturepositiveliving
QUT Landscape Architecture Society
@qut.las
FREE PLANTS 🌿🪴
Next time you visit PPNN you could take home free plants like this beautiful bird-attracting Grevillea ‘Little Robyn’ under Brisbane City Council’s Free Native Plant Program.
All you need is an approved, stamped voucher and conditions apply.
🍃 Before you visit PPNN to claim your free plants, make sure you read the full details at #eligibility" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-and-water/plants--trees-and-gardening/free-native-plants-program#eligibility
If you’re a ratepayer or renter of an existing property in Brisbane, just take your current rates notice or written approval (dated within the current financial year) from your property owner/manager to your local library, ward office or a BCC customer centre to confirm you’re eligible to receive a free native plants voucher (check details online beforehand).
If you are, you’ll receive a voucher to to redeem your free plants at participating nurseries such as PPNN.
Others eligible for free BCC plants include
🏡 recently-built homes in certain eligible suburbs,
💁♀️preschools or kindergartens who lease Council-owned land,
🌳schools for Arbor Day and others.
Stock varies, but if you’re lucky enough to take home a Grevillea ‘Little Robyn’ you’ll have a long-flowering, compact shrub to 1.5m tall, with fern-like leaves and red flowers that will bring nectar-loving birds, bees and butterflies to your garden. 🦋🐝
☀️This one likes a sunny spot, can be pruned and makes a good feature plant.
See PPNN on Instagram
@paten_park_native_nursery
NOTE: This is now our Instagram address!
Save Our Waterways Now @saveourwaterwaysnow
Balaangala Community Group
The Gap 4061
The Gap Sustainability Initiative Inc.
Wild in The Gap
Brisbane City Life
Brisbane Kids
Brisbane Catchments Network
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland
Native Plants Queensland
@nativeplantsqldgoldcoast @nativeplantsqld
@brisbanebotanicgardensfriends
@thewesternecho
@brisbaneediblegardens
Queensland Environment
The Queensland Naturalists' Club Inc
National Parks Association of Queensland
@naturepositiveliving
@qut.las
Next time you visit PPNN you could take home free plants like this beautiful bird-attracting Grevillea ‘Little Robyn’ under Brisbane City Council’s Free Native Plant Program.
All you need is an approved, stamped voucher and conditions apply.
🍃 Before you visit PPNN to claim your free plants, make sure you read the full details at #eligibility" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/environment-and-water/plants--trees-and-gardening/free-native-plants-program#eligibility
If you’re a ratepayer or renter of an existing property in Brisbane, just take your current rates notice or written approval (dated within the current financial year) from your property owner/manager to your local library, ward office or a BCC customer centre to confirm you’re eligible to receive a free native plants voucher (check details online beforehand).
If you are, you’ll receive a voucher to to redeem your free plants at participating nurseries such as PPNN.
Others eligible for free BCC plants include
🏡 recently-built homes in certain eligible suburbs,
💁♀️preschools or kindergartens who lease Council-owned land,
🌳schools for Arbor Day and others.
Stock varies, but if you’re lucky enough to take home a Grevillea ‘Little Robyn’ you’ll have a long-flowering, compact shrub to 1.5m tall, with fern-like leaves and red flowers that will bring nectar-loving birds, bees and butterflies to your garden. 🦋🐝
☀️This one likes a sunny spot, can be pruned and makes a good feature plant.
See PPNN on Instagram
@paten_park_native_nursery
NOTE: This is now our Instagram address!
Save Our Waterways Now @saveourwaterwaysnow
Balaangala Community Group
The Gap 4061
The Gap Sustainability Initiative Inc.
Wild in The Gap
Brisbane City Life
Brisbane Kids
Brisbane Catchments Network
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland
Native Plants Queensland
@nativeplantsqldgoldcoast @nativeplantsqld
@brisbanebotanicgardensfriends
@thewesternecho
@brisbaneediblegardens
Queensland Environment
The Queensland Naturalists' Club Inc
National Parks Association of Queensland
@naturepositiveliving
@qut.las
We Do eGift Cards
Available now, Paten Park Native Nursery egift Card are the ideal gift for anyone with a green thumb. There is no expiry date and it can be used over multiple visits.
Click here to buy your eGift Card.
BCC Free Native Plant Program
Find out how to claim your FREE BCC native plant vouchers here!
We are only able to accept approved stamped Free Native Plants vouchers.
Nespresso Capsule Recycling Program
Drop off your used Nespresso pods for recycling next time you stop by!
